Total Knee Replacement

• Knee replacement surgery removes a diseased knee joint and replaces it with an artificial joint (prosthesis).
• The most common reason for this operation is severe osteoarthritis, which causes relentless pain, joint deformity and mobility problems.
• The prosthesis is sophisticated, but it can’t hope to function as fully as a healthy knee joint.

The knee is a hinge joint involving the thigh bone (femur) and the shin bone . Knee replacement surgery is a technique that removes a diseased knee joint and replaces it with an artificial joint. The most common reason for this operation is severe osteoarthritis, which causes relentless pain, joint deformity and mobility problems. Knee replacement surgery is known as ‘total knee arthroplasty’.